Saturday May 11, 2013
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IPOH STARWALK
Ipoh International Starwalk 2013 is now open for registration at The Star’s Ipoh office, No 8-10, Lorong Chung Thye Phin from 9am to 5pm daily on weekdays. There is the 10km competition Malaysian category, 10km competition International category (open to all with qualifying time below 50min) and 7km non-competition category. Registration is RM20 (International), RM15 (Malaysian) for competition walkers and RM10 for non-competition walkers. Registration deadline for the competition category is on May 17 while the non-competition category is May 31. The walk will be flagged off at Stadium Indera Mulia at 7am on June 16. For details, call 05-253 0402 or visit http://sites.thestar.com.my/starwalk or e-mail ipohstarwalk@thestar.com.my
GENERAL MEETING
Pertubuhan Komuniti Intan will hold its 6th biennial general meeting at its premises in Bandar Baru, Teluk Intan at 11am today.
DEMENTIA TALKS
Hospital Fatimah will hold talks on dementia at its conference room, 4th floor at 2pm today. The talks will be conducted by consultant physician and geriatrician Dr Koh Wai Keat and by consultant psychiatrist Dr Marvin Chong. For details, call 05-545 5777.
INFO DAY
Wawasan Open University will hold Info Days at its premises from 10am to 4.30pm today and tomorrow. Counselling sessions will be provided for its July 2013 intake. For details, call 05-242 6323 or 05-243 6323.
AGM AND PRESENTATION
Page Ipoh Chapter will hold a presentation on children education and their annual general meeting at YMCA Ipoh from 3pm to 5pm tomorrow. For details, call 019-277 4282 (Anwar) or 012-520 1993 (Irene).
CPR TRAINING
KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital will hold CPR training for the public at the hospital’s Dewan Anugerah from 8.30am to 5pm on May 18. Registration is RM30 and limited to 30 seats on a first-come-first-serve basis. For details, call 05-240 8777 ext 8111 or 8110.
SPEECH CONTEST
The Perak Malaysian-Japanese Friendship Society and the Consulate-General of Japan, Perak will hold its 27th annual Japanese speech contest at the Ipoh City & Country Club, 283, Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh at 7.30pm on May 18. The top two winners of the open category will represent Ipoh at the national final at Kuala Lumpur. For details, call 05-253 7530 or 012-510 0418 (Fong).
LUNG HEALTH DAY
The Perak Chest Society will hold a “Walk for your Lungs” in conjunction with the Perak Lung Health Day at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Recreation Park at 6.30am on May 19. Registration is RM20 and can be done at the KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital, Perak Community Specialist Hospital, Pantai Hospital Ipoh and Perak Chest Society Secretariat. For details, call 05-255 6302.
ANTENATAL CLASS
Columbia Asia Hospital Taiping will hold an antenatal class at its premises from 9am to 1pm on May 19. Registration is required as seats are limited. For details, call 05-820 8888 or e-mail customercare.taiping@columbiaasia.com
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